Episode 126

Latinos Who Lunch interview Angélica Negrón and Jose Olivares from their favorite band, Balún! From a lesson on Mofongo and Boricua fast food joints to the ways cooking and music have played into their relationship, Angélica and José explain the development of Balún from their beginnings all the way to their newest and most successful record, Prisma Tropical. Stay tune to the end to hear some amazing music recommendations from this Latinx indie power couple and a breakdown of their 2018 single "El Espanto." And as always make sure to send your questions to AskLWLPod@gmail.com and we might read them on a future episode. #podsincolor #supportbrownpodcasts #supportlatinxpodcasts #supportlatinxbands #lwlpod

Episode 125

This week FavyFav and Babelito opened the LWL vault and decided to re-air a fan fave, "Not My Monument."-You wanna talk about monuments!? Well guess what, Mimi…WE DID! This week FavyFav and Babelito discuss the terrorist attack in Charlottesville through a conversation surrounding the history of monuments and their function in society. From statues of Christopher Columbus in Puerto Rico, to university mascots around the country, monuments preserve a very selective history that must be challenged. All white supremacists monuments must fall! And as always make sure to send your questions to AskLWLPod@gmail.com and we might read them on a future episode. #podsincolor #supportbrownpodcasts #supportlatinxpodcasts #lwlpod

Episode 124

In this episode we bring you another conversation with a badass chicana artist. This time Babelito sits to chat with his Chicago fave, Yvette Mayorga, to talk about her rising career as a visual artist, her struggles as a Latinx artist and whether or not pozole granos belong in menudo. The artwork of Yvette aims to seduce viewers through its sugar-rush aesthetic and femme impossibility. However, upon close inspection, Yvette aims to go beyond what the eye can see and calls out our complicity in the injustices she denounces in her work. Stay till the end to hear some music recommendations from Babelito and a reminder that the podcast just turned 3 years! Felicidades chicos!!!! And as always make sure to send your questions to AskLWLPod@gmail.com and we might read them on a future episode. #podsincolor #supportbrownpodcasts #supportlatinxpodcasts #lwlpod #supportlatinxartists #supportbrownartists #supportlocalart

Episode 123

This week FavyFav shares a conversations he had last Fall with the amazing Nathalie Farfan of La Brujas Club and Morado Lens. Listen in as they talk about Jersey, self-care, Ivy Queen and white magic. And as always make sure to send your questions to AskLWLPod@gmail.com and we might read them on a future episode. #podsincolor #supportbrownpodcasts #supportlatinxpodcasts #lwlpod

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Episode 122

In this episode of Latinos Who Lunch FavyFav and Babelito visit Austin TX and they sit with one of their favorite artists, José Villalobos. As a sculptor and performance artist working in Texas and the border, Villalobos has managed to create a body of work that tackles issues of queer identity and erasure without relying on old stereotypes nor the expected old tropes. Instead, Villalobos has dismantled narratives of Latinx identity in the U.S. and has brought to the scene a new and refreshing take on queer aesthetics and politics that are bound to entertain, educate and mesmerize. Listen to this conversation and learn how artists that do not live in the “center” can have amazing careers working from the “peripheries” of the art-world! And as always make sure to send your questions to AskLWLPod@gmail.com and we might read them on a future episode. #podsincolor #supportbrownpodcasts #supportlatinxpodcasts #lwlpod #supportlatinxartists #supportbrownartists #supportlocalart

Episode 121

Este episodio is for all our Boricuas out there! In this occasion, Babelito sits with Lester Rey, an amazing Chicago musician, to talk about his new projects and the ways his mother's feminism has influenced all his musical adventures. Lester also talks about the reality of being a musician with a day job, his religious upbringing and his principal musical influences, which range from bugaloo to rock. Stay tuned to hear some amazing Chicago band recommendations and a little PSA from Babelito's nephews. And as always make sure to send your questions to AskLWLPod@gmail.com and we might read them on a future episode. #podsincolor #supportbrownpodcasts #supportlatinxpodcasts #lwlpod #supportlatinxmusicians #supportbrownmusicians #supportlocalmusic

Episode 120

Last year, as part of "Money for Your Movements, A Social Justice Fundraising Conference," organized by Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT), Babelito and FavyFav met Edgar Villanueva, an expert on social justice philanthropy. As the keynote speaker of the conference, Edgar spoke about his book, Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance. This book is a provocative analysis of the dysfunctional colonial dynamics at play in philanthropy and finance. In this episode, FavyFav calls Villanueva to talk about his new book, his career as a philanthropist for Native American communities, and the type of colonial traumas surrounding wealth accumulation in this country. Stay tuned till the end to hear some music recommendations from Babelito, and as always make sure to send your questions to AskLWLPod@gmail.com and we might read them on a future episode. #podsincolor #supportbrownpodcasts #supportlatinxpodcasts #lwlpod

Episode 119

This week we bring yet another special episode from our cousin podcast Cabronas Y Chingonas (CYC) - "Today's lecture is guided by the one and only Babelito of Latinos Who Lunch podcast! Get to know about the inspiration behind the professor's studies and how our world revolves around the colonial period. Then take inspiration from Juana Inés, whose life and story was dramatized on the Netflix series of the same name." Follow Cabronas y Chingonas @CYCpodcast and cabronasychingonas.com #SupportBrownPodcasts #SupportLatinxAcademics #SupportLatinxPodcasts #lwlpod #podsincolor